• Prom Time Why is it so Crazy These Days?
    Life and Family,  Savings

    Prom Time – Why is it so Crazy These Days?

    Why is Prom so crazy these days?  It just gets worse every year.  I remember when I went to Prom.  We had our prom in our cafeteria at school.  We decorated it, ate supper there and then danced and had fun until it was over.  There was a photographer at the prom, we all lined up and took our pictures in front of the themed background.  Everyone’s pictures were basically the same.  The main cost for prom was either your dress or tuxedo.  There were no limos, no fancy dinners, no professional photographers, we even painted our own nails, applied our own makeup and fixed our own hair. Now it…

  • How I Save Money at Kroger
    Savings

    How I Save Money at Kroger

    Kroger is one of my go to places to save money on groceries right now.  I love that there are so many ways to save money there.  There are free items, digital coupons, paper coupons, weekly sales, and fuel points.  There may be more, but right now these are the main ways I save money at Kroger.  We have one of the largest Kroger Marketplaces, when it was built, they said it was the largest Kroger in the world.  There have been larger ones built since then.  A Kroger Marketplace is unlike any other store we had around here.  Not only is it a grocery store, but it has a…

  • I am Frugal
    Savings

    Not Cheap, Just Frugal

    I do not consider myself cheap, but I am frugal.  I combine store sales, paper or online coupons and money back apps to save as much money as I can on items we use regularly.  I stock up on items that we use a lot when there good sales, but things go on sale somewhat regularly so you really don’t have to buy too much at one time.  I have limited storage space so I try to only buy enough to last us until the next sale comes along. It takes good organization to not only store these extra items, but to be able to find them when we need…